VERSUS THE SAME WEEK LAST YEAR, ‘DAYS’ IS UP 19 PERCENT AMONG WOMEN 18-49 VIEWERS AND UP 52 PERCENT WITH WOMEN 18-34FOR THE FIRST QUARTER TO DATE, ‘DAYS’ IS DELIVERING INCREASES VS. LAST YEAR OF 3 PERCENT AMONG WOMEN 18-49 VIEWERS AND 8 PERCENT AMONG WOMEN 18-34

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – February 28, 2013 – “Days of our Lives” has equaled its highest weeklong women 18-49 and women 18-34 ratings in the last 15 months, according to “live plus same day” ratings results for the week of February 18-22 from Nielsen Media Research.

For the week of February 18-22, "Days of our Lives" (1.0 rating, 6 share among women 18-49, 0.6 rating among women 18-34) tied for #4 among network daytime series in the women 18-49 demographic and tied for #3 in the women 18-34 race.

"Days" jumped 25 percent week to week in women 18-49 rating (to a 1.0 from a 0.8) to deliver its highest rating in that key demographic in five weeks (since the week of January 14-18, 1.0) and equal its top result in 15 months (since November 21-25, 2011, 1.1). The 0.6 among women 18-34 also equals the show's highest rating since the week of November 21-25, 2011 (0.8). In total viewers, “Days” averaged 2.7 million persons, its biggest audience since the week of January 14-18 (2.8 million).

Versus the same week last year, “Days” was up 52 percent among women 18-34 (with 194,000 viewers versus the year-ago 128,000), up 19 percent in the women 18-49 demo (620,000 vs. 521,000) and up 10 percent in total viewers (2.7 million vs. 2.5 million).

For the first quarter to date, "Days of our Lives" is up 8 percent in the women 18-34 category (206,000 vs. 191,000), up 3 percent in the women 18-49 demo (658,000 vs. 636,000) and up 5 percent in total viewers (2.8 million vs. 2.7 million).

Season to date, "Days of our Lives" is tied for #4 in the women 18-49 category and tied for #3 in the women 18-34 demo. Season to date, “Days” is up 2 percent in total viewers (2.7 million vs. 2.6 million).

Ratings reflect “live plus same day” data from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Season-to-date and quarter-to-date figures are averages of “live plus seven day” data except for the two most recent weeks, which are “live plus same day.”